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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The nominations for the 32nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards or "Doras" have been announced.

Leading the way with eight nominations was A Year With Frog and Toad, including mentions for Best Musical Production and Director (Allen MacInnis). It was followed by seven nominations each for Brothel #9, Blasted and paper Series. Nominations for Brothel #9 included Best Production, Actress (Anusree Roy), Actor (Ash Knight) and Director (Nigel Shawn Williams). Blasted received those same mentions for Best Production, Actor (David Ferry), Actress (Michelle Monteith) and Director (Brendan Healy). In the Independent Production Division, paper Series' seven nominations included Best Production, Director (Nina Lee Aquino) and Performance (The Ensemble).

Soulpepper Theatre Company led the companies with 10 nominations overall for seven different shows. Cahoots Theatre Company managed nine nominations between paper Series and A Taste of Empire. The Canadian Opera Company dominated the Opera Division with eight nominations for five of its shows. Mirvish leads in the musical theatre division with five nominations for its productions Billy Elliot The Musical and Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical.

Also announced were three honourary awards. The Leonard McHardy and John Harvey Award for administrators in theatre, dance and opera goes to Ghislain Caron, managing director of Theatre francais de Toronto; the George Luscombe Award for mentorship in theatre will go to playwright, director and former Native Earth artistic director Yvette Nolan; and the Barbara Hamilton Memorial Award for excellence and advocacy in the arts goes to actor/director/dramaturge/teacher David Ferry, also a Best Performance nominee for his role in Blasted.
The Doras are Toronto’s theatre, dance and opera Awards as selected by
their peers in the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA). Yesterday,
the critics named their top picks for the first ever Toronto Theatre Critics' Awards.

The ceremony for the 32nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards takes place Monday June 27. It will be hosted by Craig Lauzon and Michaela Washburn. After the 6-7:30pm pre-show and VIP reception at The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, the Awards Show begins at 8pm at the Bluma Appel Theatre at the St. Lawrence Centre
for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. Afterwards at 10:30pm, there will be an After-Party Under the Stars
outside the St.Lawrence Centre on Front Street.

BEST PRODUCTIONPriscilla Queen of the Desert The MusicalParadeBilly Elliot The MusicalA Year With Frog and Toad[title of show]

BEST NEW MUSICAL/OPERA
Conceived by Timothy French and Avery Saltzman, To Life
Rufus Wainwright. Prima Donna
The Ensemble, (Re)Birth: E.E. Cummings In Song

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE
Will Swenson, Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical
Tony Sheldon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical
Justin Bott, [title of show]
Darren A. Herbert, Parade
Allen MacInnis, A Year With Frog and Toad

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE
Shelley Simester, [title of show]
Ma-Anne Dionisio, Miss Saigon
Louise Pitre, A Year With Frog and Toad
Kate Hennig, Billy Elliot The Musical
Gabi Epstein, To LifeINDEPENDENT THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION

BEST PRODUCTION Through the LeavesMadhouse VariationsBloodpaper SeriesA Taste of Empire

BEST NEW PLAY OR NEW MUSICAL
Sky Gilbert , The Situationists
Maev Beatty and Erin Shields, with Andrea Donaldson, Montparnasse
Jovanni Sy, A Taste of Empire
Eric Woolfe, Madhouse Variations
Darrah Teitel, The Apology

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE
Nicholas Campbell, Through the Leaves
Matthew MacFadzean, Tom's A-Cold
Gavin Crawford, The Situationists
Eric Woolfe, Madhouse Variations
Cyrus Faird, Mojo

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE
Sandy Duarte, Blood
Rosemary Dunsmore, The New Electric Ballroom
Peggy Baker, Are You Okay
Maria Vacratsis, Through the Leaves
Kyra Harper, Vincent River

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED ROLE / ENSEMBLE
The Ensemble, The Apology
The Ensemble, paper Series
The Ensemble, Montparnasse
The Ensemble, Nohayquiensepa (No one knows)
Christopher Stanton, The New Electric Ballroom

BEST SET DESIGN
Steve Lucas, The Situationists
Lindsay Anne Black, The Atomic Weight of Happiness
John Thompson, Through the Leaves
Jackie Chau, Brown Balls
Camellia Koo, paper Series